[nicholebell]

I am so stressed and need to get this out. Ok so me and my DH(been together 7 years) got married in June. We already lived together in a house we rented with some roommates. Then in August we bought our own home. Everyone loves it but me! It is a split level like the one I grew up in 2200 sqft 3 bedrooms and two baths. By all means it could be a really nice house but all I see is all the work it needs(new windows upstairs, siding, carpet downstairs, etc.). Everyone says I should be greatful because although it needs work it is ours, I understand where they are coming from and I am grateful I have my own place but it is so hard to look around and realize you grew up in something so much nicer and know the house has potential but you dont have the money to fix it all right now.

When we moved into our house my younger sister moved into one of the spare bedrooms. She wanted a cat so we said that was fine. We already had a mini zoo 2dogs, 3 cats, 185 gallon fish tank, lizard, 6 chickens. So she got this little kitten and almost immediatly he started peeing in our basement. So we let my sister know and she of coarse did nothing. A couple weeks after we moved in we where given a little girl kitten. That put the numbers in our house at 5 cats, 2 dogs etc. We confined(in our master bath) our kitten till she was reliable with the litter box which was about a month process. My sisters cat kept going to the bathroom downstairs which is where our master bedroom is. So after a month of that I told her her cat needed to be confined until he was reliable house trained our she needed to get rid of the cat. She confined the cat for two weeks befor she moved out because she couldnt afford living on her own. Leaving us with **** in the basement and 350 dollars she owes us in utilities. So we cleaned the carpet put stuff over the spots he had gone so other cats couldnt get there. We went about life because our cats we where confident would never go on the carpet and their litter boxes had the same amount in them as before. Well then we got roommates(couple and their one year old). They of coarse had a kitten so we went about life not noticing anything different till the day before Christmas when we saw the new kitten pee behind the tv. So we didnt blame him because my sisters cat had gone there before. We moved the tv, ripped out the carpet pad, kilzed the foundation relayed new carpet pad and thought the problem was solved. Then the other day we see the roommates cat pee in our room all over the wall(spraying). We tell the roommates he needs to be confined, they do nothing. The next day he pees in our room again. Which we know before this no cat has pee'd in their the carpet is new and shows stains well. So we make the roommates confine him upstairs which they do. Since then which was Sunday we have found too cat beds that smelt horrible and found dried urine on our bottom shelf of our tv stand. We decided to confine our kitten to see if she has been contributing but I am so stressed. I am a animal lover. If it is one of my adult cats which we have rescued all three and have had for years in many different houses that they have never pee'd in what can I do. I cant get rid of them they are my babies. I had a break down last night just thinking about it. I mean I rescued one who had a urinary tract infection at one from being fed horrible cat food when his owners where going ot put him down because putting him down was cheaper the nthe procedure. I rescue one from a dumpster at my apartment when he was 4 weeks old. He was feral and I spoon fed him every couple hours for months till he came around. I know this stress isnt good for me and this whole situation is making me hate this house. Sorry this is so long I am lost and need help. I find myself wondering what we where thinking when we aquired all these pets over the years? What can I do?